As we get older our idea of what's cool changes. I am past 30, and have had time to reflect on what I though was cool through the ages.
Age 8
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When I was age 8, I though skateboarders were cool. When I got older I realized skaters were bumbs that hung outside 7-11 and tried to get you to buy beer for them. If they were really good athletes, they would have taken up a real sport like basketball.
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When I was age 8 I also thought Transformers and Thundercats were cool. If you still think they care cool, do not make the mistake of youtubing old episodes. You will find them disappointintg. Looking at old cartoons you liked as a kid through adult eyes is like looking at the thing you pulled home from a bar with sober eyes.
Age 18
When I was age 18, I thought going to nightclubs was the coolest thing ever. I would love nothing more than to wait an hour outside with the hopes my fake ID would get me past the rope so I can go inside and buy $15 budweisers. Now I know nightclubs suck. Someone has to pay me to listen to shitty techno music.
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And oh, by the way, DJ's are not musicians. You don't see me calling myself the next Spielberg because I popped a DVD into the fucking machine. So you shouldn't be calling yourself the next Mozart because you can play a vinyl record. DJ's calling themselves musicians is worse than skateboarders calling themselves athletes.
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Age 30
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Now that I am pastI don't know what to think is cool anymore. Right now I laugh at old farts who think motorized scooters are cool, but I am no better. I have given up beer bongs for Shiraz. I have given up twinkies after toking buds for the organic cookies my wife sometimes gives me after I take out the recycling.
